Glacial melt could cause flooding
PRINCE GEORGE – With scorching temperatures well into the high 30’s for the region, Environment and Climate Change Canada issued a heat warning with an unusual addition. It warns about rising water levels due to glacial melting.
“We’re seeing tremendous heat, tremendously warm temperatures. And so the snow line’s close to the toes of these glaciers, the lower parts of the glaciers. So that probably why Environment and Climate Change Canada put that in as part of the advisory,” says Brian Menounos, a glacier expert with UNBC. “If you get close to those high alpine sites, you are going to get these small creeks that can be flowing quite sufficiently.’